Horizon at World's End

Raneth's Pact

a visit from Deathless in the Dark

Koschei visits Raneth in her dream to seal their pact, the night after the village is basically razed by fire. Raneth has only a very vague recollection of their meeting, and writes a poem about it.

(I feel a bit weird posting a poem, especially since this style doesn't make sense in the fantasy setting, or for Raneth's personality, but I wanted to capture the creepy feeling and her ambiguous memories, and I'm used to writing free verse, so here we go)

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A Visit in the Dark

I sleep at night, with the sounds of breath,

soft,

all around me,

and yet, I am alone.

Then, our shelter is torn away, and there is no one around, and

nothing

between myself and the night.

It dazzles me, how huge and bright with stars the space is,
and I wrap my arms around my bare shoulders.